walkable
/ˈwɔːkəb(ə)l/adjective
1(Of an area or route) suitable or safe for walking: a walkable neighbourhood the path is flush with the surface of the glacier, but it’s firm and walkable...
- Split itself is a highly civilised, easily walkable town.
- Today Niles is a charmingly walkable area to explore.
- For one thing, Inner London remains essentially walkable.
1.1(Of a destination) close enough to be reached by walking: this hotel is walkable from the bus station...
- This challenges the concept of 800-metre walkable catchments for train stations.
- Community living should be encouraged with offices, schools, shops and services located within walkable distances.
- We said that our school needed to be inside the community, it needed to be a walkable school.
Derivatives
walkability
- Vast developments have been built during the past thirty years that offer little in the way of walkability.
- The planners are also interested in maximizing the use of renewable energy in new housing developments and in improving walkability.
- The defining quality they are looking for is 'walkability' - they want a place where they don't have to get into a car to do everything."